Many groups are celebrating autism awareness day today, but a small group of dedicated people want to change the world: Here is the letter I was asked to copy/paste . My search function doesn't work, and I will delete if this is a redundant post. (God bless you, codeman. I'm sorry if I'm stepping on toes...)
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Autism Understanding and AcceptanceOpen Letter to the World
We (The Autism Community) need for you to know what Autism is.
We can only achieve that through Autism Understanding and Acceptance.
Awareness of autism has risen dramatically in the past few years, and awareness is certainly a good place to start. Increased awareness has helped parents get earlier diagnoses for their children, and it has helped secure funding for research. However, it hasn’t done much to change public perception of what autism really is.
This is a call out to the world to understand the people and the disorder.
This is a call out to the world to accept the people and the disorder.
You can not understand or accept the people until you understand and accept the Autism they have.
Autism is a part of who they are.
The media has focused almost entirely on children with autism – but children grow up. In a society where one in 110 children is diagnosed with autism (the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control), no one can afford to ignore the significance of this disability. People with autism are children, teenagers, adults, men, women, scientists, programmers, engineers, unemployed, in care homes … too many of them continue to be bullied, to be judged, or to just be ignored.
Each person is unique. Each person has their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses just like you or I.
The charities, the organizations, the groups, the parents, the people with Autism themselves... we ask you... no, we need you to know what Autism really is.
Today, we ask for your Autism Understanding and Acceptance.
This is what Autism is to me...
Updated by rosabw at Sat Apr 02, 2011 at 09:46 PM EDT
Oh, LORDIE, people, listen up: Look at this diary the codeman38 wrote on Kos last year. Uneffin' believable!!!!
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Updated by rosabw at Sat Apr 02, 2011 at 09:46 PM EDT
Oh, LORDIE, people, listen up: Look at this diary the codeman38 wrote on Kos last year. Uneffin' believable!!!!
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Updated by rosabw at Sat Apr 02, 2011 at 09:51 PM EDT
God dang it...i'm too old for this. Wanted to clue yall in on the most perfect diary for autism undersgtanding I have ever read. AND I"VE READ A LOT!!!!
http://www.dailykos.com/...